Francesco Poli wrote: > Moreover, the GPL requires that *source code* be accompanied or offered. > This POSIX license requires that *nroff source* be included. > > What if I created a derivative work by > step 0) converting it from nroff to some other typesetting language > (e.g. DocBook XML, LaTeX, XHTML, ...) > step 1) then applying lots of modifications to it > ? > > In that case, I'd say the new source code is in the other language (say, > DocBook): with the GPL I'd have to accompany or offer the new source > code in order to distribute my derivative work. > > But what should I do in order to distribute my derivative work *and* to > comply with the POSIX license? > No nroff source would exist for my derivative work... > Such a derivative work would be undistributable, correct me if I'm > wrong.
You're quite right, and that certainly renders it non-free. :-P -- There are none so blind as those who will not see.
